Before the
Macross Frontier concert (featuring Megumi Nakajima and May'n and awesome secret guest Yoko Kanno), I watching live on my Droid Incredible the Verizon VCast ESPN broadcast of the URU-GHA match in the Nokia Theatre. Drew a little crowd and "how are you doing that" comments. But the concert, delayed by 20 minutes, started right after the 1st overtime period tied at 1 (I'm almost glad the USA didn't make it because then I would have to miss the match for this concert). After the truly amazing, most awesome concert ever, I tried viewing the video highlights of the match. But although you can watch live ESPN TV, the highlights are extremely delayed (only had the NED-BRA highlights). Frustrated, I drove home. Turned on the DVR.
The most amazing 120th and last minute of the URU-GHA match, the very last free kick of the match. Wow. Thank goodness I didn't hear or read about it. The ball bouncing everywhere in the URU goal box with GHA getting three point blank shots, one saved, one blocked, and one saved by a deliberate handball by Suarez. Desperately deliberate. If Suarez lets the ball go in, Ghana wins 2-1 and the game is over right then and there. So goal-scorer Suarez sacrificed himself... he was red-carded and out of the possible PK round and possible semifinal round (at least; maybe so deliberate FIFA would kick him out of the Final as well?). So it seemed Africa would finally get a team in the semifinals. Asamoah Gyan, who had already scored 2 PKs in the WC already, lined up. But like in Japan's only PK miss, he hit it hard but it hit the crossbar, silencing the Vuvuzelas. The URU GK saved two PKs (one on a weird soft one step take by the captain, easily saved) and Sebastian Abreau sealed it with a cheeky soft kick to win the PK shootout 4-2. So heartbreaking for Ghana. But the match did feature two mind-bending goals by GHA and URU where the GKs guessed wrong as the ball swerved from right-to-left-right (or vice versa). Crazy ball.
El Chileno was the only one to pick URU so he is still alive and
moves from 4th-Tied to 3rd but more importantly, from 9 points down to just two (93).
Forza Pazza and
EEChick1400 were shut out and remain at 95 and 94 pts, respectively. With NED's win,
Baba moved from 13th-T to 4th and
FC Spermacidals (1 of 6 to pick NED to win it all) moved from 20th-T to 5th-T.
Samersig (42nd-T, 75), who was already eliminated, missed a chance for a moral victory by picking GHA in the semis. There are just 23 alive and 10 can win 1st.
Forza Pazza still has the
best chance with a 11 in 32 (34.4%) chance for 1st and 65.6% for money.
EEChick1400,
El Chileno,
Lionelmessi (5th-T, 87),
Number 10 (7th-T, 86),
Ghost of Ireland (28th, 80), and
Flying Elvi (32nd-T, 78) had BRA as their champ but are still alive. They'll need more upsets to help them out (e.g. ESP losing). Not so lucky was
Doughboy who is tied for 13th (83) and now elimianted.
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